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Method and Apparatus for Insertion of a Sensor

US 12,290,385 In force, term unresolved
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends no later than Oct 20, 2029 · Medium confidence

In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

Filed Sep 4, 2019 as application 16/560,395 · Granted May 6, 2025
Base term plus 1076 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2029
Clock starts
Nov 9, 2006
Ends no later than
Oct 20, 2029
Granted
May 6, 2025
base term patent term adjustment Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
1,076
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
0 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
5
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

This patent's term runs 1076 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 0 of 1 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. from the record

How we calculated this date

One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 9, 2006, when application 11/558,394, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 4, 2019)Nov 9, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1076 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 20, 2029High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 1 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Oct 20, 2029Medium confidence

This family

Application 11/558,394Abandoned
not computed
not computed
Application PCT/US2006/043737PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 9,615,851In force
Oct 2028
Oct 2028
US 10,433,789Term ended
Nov 2026
Nov 2026
US 12,290,385this patent
no later than Oct 2029
no later than Oct 2029
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Sep 4, 2019
Reel 50267, frame 553
Neinast, Mark; Bruce, Robert; Ward, W. Kenneth; Sass, Richard G.; Fortuna, JonIsense CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 4, 2019
Reel 50267, frame 603
Isense CorporationAgamatrix, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 4, 2019
Reel 50267, frame 682
Agamatrix, Inc.Waveform Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 11, 2024
Reel 67073, frame 813
Waveform Technologies, Inc.; Waveform Holdings, LLCKonamite LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 2, 2024
Reel 67304, frame 762
Isense CorporationBayer Healthcare, LLCQuitclaim Bill of Sale
May 2, 2024
Reel 67305, frame 11
Bayer Healthcare, LLCIsense Acquisition, LLCIntellectual Property Assignment

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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